According to the source, the recording device inadvertently turned off. The source noticed this quickly and turned it back one. The source estimates that one to two minutes, maybe less, of recording was missed.

Equipment failure? Seriously? Are we supposed to say, ‘There, there. It happens to all guys once in a while”?

Oops! While Corn denies that this is a case of deceptive editing, there’s no question he and Mother Jones deceived readers. At Breitbart.com, Joel Pollak writes:

Mother Jones has failed a basic test and broken its promise to its readers and the public. There is now reason to doubt that it provided Romney’s full remarks–not just the context, but the remarks themselves. And there is new reason to suspect manipulation.

Corn promised the complete version of Romney’s remarks. Instead, he provided a version that is missing a large portion of video at the critical moment.

And how much credibility does @DavidCornDC lose (not that he had much) for continuously claiming they posted the "full video"?

His explanation is basically the same as the one in his email to blogger William Jacobson.

According to the source, the recording device was inadvertently turned off between these two segments. The source noticed quickly and began to re-record, resulting in an estimated a one-to-two minute loss of tape.

That “explanation” doesn’t address why Mother Jones tooted the “full disclosure” horn when up to two minutes of the tape were missing.

Spin harder, lapdoggies!

Update:

More from Corn:

If there is no video, can it be selectively edited? Hmmmm. Tree. Forrest. No sound?